New Delhi, April 3 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asserted that for vote bank politics, fear is being spread that the Waqf bill is an interference in the religious matters of Muslims and properties donated by them.

Intervening in Lok Sabha during a debate on the Waqf amendment bill, he said non-Muslims in the Waqf council and boards are meant purely for ensuring the administration of properties by stated aims.

He underlined that Waqf is a type of charitable institution where a person donates his property for social, religious or public welfare purposes, without the right to take it back.

Shah said the word 'donation' has special importance because donation can be done only of that thing which is our own property. No one ...